CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL EMBOLISM - CASE-REPORT

A 60-year-old man presented with a cholesterol crystal embolism that g ave a rather confusing clinical picture. An immediate multidisciplinar y approach established the diagnosis and the rapid, dramatic skin loss that exposed vital structures over his thigh and lower leg was recons tructed by an ipsilateral inferior pedicled rectus abdominis musculocu taneous flap with a lateral oblique cephalad fasciocutaneal component. The case, which a plastic surgeon would rarely encounter, is interest ing because of the diagnostic approach and the management.